Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion

[snowchill]

3” in Powhatan and just puking ❄️❄️

[ldub23]

5 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Awesome!! It just started raining a short time ago. Very light. Temperature down to 41. After 3:00 your streets are going to cave. It's going to be a nasty Rush Hour for Hampton roads. Glad I'm home.

Its  lightened  up for  now. Hope  it  picks  back up

[ldub23]

Just now, snowchill said:

3” in Powhatan and just puking ❄️❄️

Nice

[SoCoWx]

3” in Powhatan and just puking

Hope that’s coming our way! It’s very, very light here in Carytown.


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[ldub23]

8 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Awesome!! It just started raining a short time ago. Very light. Temperature down to 41. After 3:00 your streets are going to cave. It's going to be a nasty Rush Hour for Hampton roads. Glad I'm home.

Down to the  magic  32 here.

[Conway7305]

About 2 inches on deck in Short Pump

[JB Fins]

5 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

About 2 inches on deck in Short Pump

Wow, okay, I would maybe put downtown at .5"

Watching the plows circle around down here with nothing to plow.  

[migratingwx]

Latest HRRR, fwiw.

[JB Fins]

That would be sweet.

 

[SoCoWx]

Wow, okay, I would maybe put downtown at .5"
Watching the plows circle around down here with nothing to plow.  

What do you think is going on in the city? Weird micro-climate things? Urban heat island effect? I’m genuinely perplexed by how this storm seems so much weaker inside the city limits versus when I was outside of them at my job today day.


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[SoCoWx]

And yeah, I’m just eyeballing, but I would put The Fan/Carytown at only a half inch so far. Maybe an inch in some spots.


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[JB Fins]

6 minutes ago, SoCoWx said:

What do you think is going on in the city? Weird micro-climate things? Urban heat island effect? I’m genuinely perplexed by how this storm seems so much weaker inside the city limits versus when I was outside of them at my job today day.


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I am unsure, but maybe we held on above freezing a bit longer than others, a lot of asphalt to overcome down here.  Back at my house in Tuckahoes, car top reports suggest 3".  So, I am hoping for 5" there and maybe 3" in the city?  Hard to say as I have not been watching radar returns, trying to work but still get caught up staring out the window like when I was a kid at Skipwith Elementary.

[migratingwx]

Nice heavier ban moving towards RIC from Farmville so things could pick up soon. 

 

[eaglesin2011]

Big difference from Powhatan to Glen Allen HS prob about 2.5 inches in Powhatan I’d say an inch on the streets .. Glen Allen HS about an inch on deck maybe .5 on the street..  Temps& elevation in the shaded areas are making a big difference 

 

[JB Fins]

Whatever we get, this is a great start. 

Two events in early December for RVA.

Tempted to get a t-shirt that says Short Pump is a snow town for some posters in the main thread.  

DISCLAIMER - Knowing that they will get theirs, and as always when we get a real big one, they get even a bigger one.  No real insult, snark or regional bias intended.

[Conway7305]

Might be trying to lighten up W of us.  Hopefully will fill in w/ Heavier bands later 

[ldub23]

A  bit  more than an inch here. Enough left to get to 2.5

[ldub23]

Down to 31

[chris624wx]

ORF is saturated at 33.8F. We're going to need the low to deepen to draw down some drier air from the north so we can wet bulb down to freezing. Hopefully that corresponds to the coastal enhancement shown on the models for later this afternoon/evening. 

[SoCoWx]

A  bit  more than an inch here. Enough left to get to 2.5

Where are you located again?


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[ldub23]

Just now, SoCoWx said:

Where are you located again?


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Newport  news

[ldub23]

4 minutes ago, chris624wx said:

ORF is saturated at 33.8F. We're going to need the low to deepen to draw down some drier air from the north so we can wet bulb down to freezing. Hopefully that corresponds to the coastal enhancement shown on the models for later this afternoon/evening. 

Are the  models showing  some good enhancement?

[snowchill]

4” Powhatan 

[EverythingisEverything]

7 minutes ago, chris624wx said:

ORF is saturated at 33.8F. We're going to need the low to deepen to draw down some drier air from the north so we can wet bulb down to freezing. Hopefully that corresponds to the coastal enhancement shown on the models for later this afternoon/evening. 

Va. Beach was a mix, but hard to see flakes at the moment. 

[chris624wx]

3 minutes ago, ldub23 said:

Are the  models showing  some good enhancement?

Nothing crazy, but should be a little as the low pulls away

[ldub23]

Still have alot  of returns to the west. Though lighter, the sun setting will help. 1.75

[Stormpc]

1 minute ago, ldub23 said:

Still have alot  of returns to the west. Though lighter, the sun setting will help. 1.75

Wakefield has 5 inches already. Great event for many on the south side.

[ldub23]

2.5 very  likely  here as radar still has a way to go

[ldub23]

 

The  heavier returns west  of  95 should sharpen up as they come thru this evening

[ldub23]

Snow  picking  up again. 

 

Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 39. North wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight

Snow, mainly before 9pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 27. North wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.